125. By doing nothing, people learn to do evil. (Latin proverb)           170. If there is the highest of pleasures, it is the pleasure of creation. (N. Gogol)           246. And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. (John 8:32)           214. Happiness makes friends, misfortune tests them. (Publius Syrus)           168. Let generosity never exceed opportunity. (Publius Syrus)           66. Everyone complains about their memory, but no one complains about their mind. (F. La Rochefoucauld)           94. When a person has embarked on the path of deception, he is inevitably forced to pile one lie upon another.           80. It is easy to criticize an author, difficult to appreciate him. (J. La Bruyère)           19. Virtue and vice, moral good and evil, in all countries are determined by whether a given phenomenon is useful or harmful to society. (Voltaire)           212. Exercise can replace many medicines. But no medicine in the world can replace exercise.           146. Our dignity lies not in the mastery of space, but in the ability to think rationally. I do not become richer, no matter how much land I acquire, because with space the Universe embraces and absorbs me, but with thought I embrace the Universe. (B. Pascal)           91. All malice is the result of weakness.           183. What the soul desires, the hands will follow.           6. Schoolteachers wield power that prime ministers can only dream of. (W. Churchill)           11. The amount of convertible energy introduced by a teacher into the budget of humanity can be quite significant. Suppose that, by teaching the peasants of his community arithmetic, the teacher frees them from a whole series of petty deceptions. (S. A. Podolinsky)           41. When a thief, caught by Demosthenes, said to him, "I didn't know this was yours," Demosthenes replied, "But you knew it wasn't yours." (Demosthenes)           16. He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, and he who gives to the rich, will become poor. (Bible, Proverbs, Chapter 22:16)           127. When busy, people speak only when they have something to say, but when idle, the need to talk incessantly arises.           200. A person is like a fraction: its numerator is what he is, and the denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.           194. The criterion of truth is experience. (T. Campanella)           104. Those who wear blinders should remember that the kit also includes a bit and a whip. (E. Lets)           12. Disrespect for ancestors is the first sign of immorality.           140. If strength is united with justice, what could be stronger than this union? (Eskil)           134. Good taste speaks less of intelligence than of clarity of judgment. (F. La Rochefoucauld)           99. Excessive pride is the sign of a worthless soul. (I. Turgenev)           49. Whose army is the strongest is the peacemaker.           173. Labor is the consumption of mechanical and mental work accumulated in the body, which results in an increase in the amount of convertible energy on the earth's surface. (S. A. Podolinsky)           7. Once you've silenced a man, you haven't convinced him. (D. Morley)           179. Ideas become a material force if they take hold of the masses.           54. A noble man blames himself, a mean man blames others. (Confucius)           218. By caring for the happiness of others, we find our own. (Plato)           211. You can't heal the body without healing the soul. (Socrates)           72. Where style is obscure, error reigns. (A. Rivarol)           110. If no one loves you, rest assured it is your own fault. (F. Doddridge)           132. The awareness of one's own strength multiplies it. (J. La Bruyère)           171. He who has experienced the joy of creativity, for him all other pleasures no longer exist. (A. Chekhov)           60. Success gives many things, but not friends. (J. La Bruyère)           142. I treat people well because I expect nothing good from them. (O. Brik)           205. Man really is like a monkey: the higher he climbs, the more he shows his backside.           82. You do harm if you praise; but even more harm if you criticize what you yourself understand little about. (L. da Vinci)           155. A person can only claim as much joy and happiness as he gives to others.           236. If the state is governed correctly, poverty and low birth are shameful. If the state is governed incorrectly, then poverty and high birth are also shameful. (Confucius)           175. Time hates to be wasted. (Henry Ford)           65. Do not argue with chatterboxes: speech is given to everyone, reason to few. (A. Claudius)           20. A good deed is performed with effort; but when the effort is repeated several times, it becomes a habit.           64. The worse the wheel, the louder it creaks. (A. Rivarol)           36. Unpunished evil increases. (Vedas)           184. You work for others, but the skill remains with you. (Kyrgyz proverb)           156. Our purpose is not to seek better situations elsewhere, but to make better the ones we find ourselves in.           13. If people achieve inner harmony, they will achieve harmony in the family, and if they achieve harmony in the family, harmony will reign in the state.           158. A person is his own creditor and the issuing center of his money, or rather, the subject of his energetic obligations to others. (V.P.)           115. If you trust too much, you can be deceived, but if you trust too little, you condemn yourself to constant torment. (B. Crane)           237. When the state is governed according to reason, poverty and want are shameful; When a state is not governed according to reason, riches and honors are shameful. (Confucius)           27. Nothing costs us so little and is valued so highly as politeness. (M. Cervantes)           145. One of the first precautions is to balance desires and possibilities. (S. Mikhalkov)           231. The voice of a clear conscience is sweeter than a hundred voices of glory.           222. Of all the paths that lead to happiness, the surest are work and perseverance. (L. Reybaud)           98. Cunning helps only once, and then only hinders.           48. If swindlers knew all the advantages of honesty, they would stop cheating for profit.           210. A man digs his own grave with a knife and fork. (Old proverb)           227. Titles and honors are invented for those whose services to the country are indisputable, but unknown to the people of that country. (B. Shaw)           228. True glory consists in doing what is worth doing and writing what is worth reading. (Pliny)           3. The well-being of a people, the optimal structure of society, and the future of a country are determined by the existing level of community, which should be fostered by the system of upbringing and education. Without community, there will be nothing.           163. Each person is like a letter in the alphabet; to form a word, one must merge with others. (O. Maldestam)           52. A wise man demands everything only of himself, but a worthless man demands everything from others. (Chinese Proverb)           71. A clear mind gives to the soul what health gives to the body. (J. La Bruyère)           239. Rulers need wise men far more than wise men need rulers.           78. The same means that enable a man to become rich prevent him from enjoying his wealth. (B. Pascal)           202. A promising person promises much, but delivers nothing.           37. The greatest encouragement to crime is impunity. (Cicero)           159. Weak people wait for favorable opportunities, strong people create them. (A. Afinogenov)           153. There are two paths to rise in this world: through one's own hard work or at the expense of others' stupidity.           45. If you try to please everyone, you will end up pleasing no one. (A. Graf)           235. To govern people, one needs intelligence. (N. Chamfort)           195. Through art, spirit speaks to spirit; matter is only the avenue through which communication takes place. (G. Grimm)           181. The madness of one is an aberration, the madness of the crowd is fashion.           193. We are religious enough to hate each other, but not religious enough to love each other. (D. Swift)           143. It often happens that it is better to ignore an insult than to avenge it later.           186. Today, as soon as you approach a door, it opens automatically; as soon as you approach a person, he automatically closes. (P. Salvorsen)           77. He who has not found it in himself will find no peace anywhere. (F. La Rochefoucauld)           34. Do not fear your enemies: at worst, they can kill you. Do not fear your friends: at worst, they can betray you. Fear the indifferent, for with their tacit consent, treason and murder exist on earth. (B. Jasensky)           150. If a society bases its well-being and development on a limited, constantly diminishing resource, then a global problem of the sustainability of human development arises. (S. A. Podolinsky)           81. To criticize is to show the author that he does not do what I would do if I knew how. (K. Čapek)           106. Learning is most intolerable in a fool.           43. A thief is not only someone who illegally took what they need, but also someone who keeps what they don't need for themselves, not giving it to others.           67. A person's character has more flaws than his mind. (F. La Rochefoucauld)           56. Referring to the bad actions of others is like washing yourself in mud. (J. Pshi-Sen)           53. A wise man differs from a fool in that he thinks to the end. (A. Maikov)           241. If you demand a reward that exceeds your merits and it is refused, blame yourself, for you asked for more than your due. (Abu al-Faraj)           224. Even those who want to make others happy by force are oppressors. (D. Eremić)           197. People are stubborn; they disagree with the most sound judgments not from a lack of insight, but from an excess of pride: they see that the front ranks in a just cause are taken, and they don't want to occupy the back.           166. Do you know what you must do to keep up? You must move forward.           107. He who asks nothing will learn nothing. (T. Fuller)           70. The path of precepts is long, but short and successful is example. (Seneca)           57. A noble man knows only duty, a base man knows only self-interest. (Confucius)           196. A family is a group of people united by blood ties and divided over money matters. (E. Ray)           177. Nothing travels faster than word of mouth. (Seneca)           152. Only a society with a desire to quickly accumulate energy can move forward quickly. (S. A. Podolinsky)           108. No one is smart enough alone. (Titus Plautus)           26. Politeness is the hygiene of human relations. (A. Kruglov)           92. A lie is a very inadequate substitute for the truth, yet it is still widely circulated among people. (M. Larney)           144. Moderation multiplies the joys of life. (Democritus)           160. Each person should be expected to give what he can.           84. Ignorance is the twilight where evil lurks. (V. Hugo)           120. Family interests almost always ruin public interests.           230. Diligence is the mother of success. (M. Cervantes)           130. Do well, and let them say what they want. (A. Dumas, père)           119. You call yourself free. Free from what, or free for what? (F. Nietzsche)           10. The function of science in the life of society is to ensure governance in all areas of social activity in accordance with a specific concept given to society by the holders of conceptual power. (USSR Supreme Soviet)           15. The thoughts of living beings are similar – they all strive for what is pleasant and avert what is unpleasant. Understand this and do not do to others what you yourself do not desire. (Vedas)           229. If you don't succeed right away, try again and again. And then calm down and live for your own pleasure. (K. Fields)           4. Destroy the social side of a person, and you'll get a ferocious orangutan. (A. Herzen)           2. It's difficult to add new thoughts to a head full of stereotypes.           128. Never hold people by the button or the hand to make them listen to you; if they don't want to listen to you, better hold your tongue. (F. Chesterton)           135. He who has the courage to confess his actions must find peace. (F. La Rochefoucauld)           164. He who wants, does; he who does not, shows off. (N. Vekshin)           188. Human relationships are a mutually beneficial egoism.           96. Insults are the arguments of the unjust.           216. Happiness, like health, is there when you don't notice it.           147. The people need not abstract ideas, but truisms. (A. Rivarol)           199. There are people who do something decent – ​​and smugly tell the whole world about it. And thus they remain pleasantly busy their entire lives. (V. Belinsky)           201. As soon as an action is explained by complex reasoning, be sure that it is bad. (L. Tolstoy)           50. Although we think we live in a democracy, over time it will turn out to be an oligarchy at best, and a fascist regime at worst, since money in the hands of an ever-increasing number of people cannot be politically controlled. (Margrit Kennedy)           219. To be happy, one must constantly strive for this happiness and accept it. It depends not on circumstances, but on oneself.           39. For evil to triumph, only one condition is necessary: ​​for good people to sit idle. (E. Burke)           93. A lie does not cease to be a lie because millions of people use it. (Leo Tolstoy)           245. War… is just for those for whom it is inevitable, and arms are pious in the hands of those who have no hope left. (Machiavelli, The Prince)           23. Let him who has done a good deed be silent. Let him who has received it speak. (Seneca)           157. "We have what we need if we use what we have." (Dr. Edgar Kahn)           198. There are people who prefer to think about bees stinging than about them producing honey. (E. Krotky)           58. When self-interest is the only motive, malice multiplies.           14. Any human action that conflicts with moral principles does not go unpunished: if you take, it will be taken from you; if you give, it will be given to you; if you do nothing, nothing will be done to you; If you destroy, you will be destroyed; if you create, you will be created for. Where you begin, so will you end, and if you do not witness the retribution yourself, your children and grandchildren will.           221. After those who occupy the highest positions, I know of no more unhappy people than those who envy them. (F. Maintenon)           68. Don't talk about triumph before victory. (Publius Syrus)           87. Laziness is the daughter of wealth and the mother of poverty. (A. Decoussal)           85. Hatred and flattery are the pitfalls on which truth is broken.           32. If anyone wants to rebel alone against the universe, I advise him to flee, as Timon did, into the desert and there, in solitude, enjoy his wisdom. (Erasmus of Rotterdam)           5. We give advice by the bucketful and take it by the drop.           42. Violence feeds on submission, like fire on straw. (V. Korolenko)           238. To govern is to do right. If in governing you do right, who will dare to do wrong? (Confucius)           18. You must make good out of evil, because there is nothing else to make it out of. (R. Warren)           112. You cannot belittle a person without being humbled by him. (D. Washington)           40. You cannot make a villain good. No matter how much you wash your anus, it will not become an eye. (Vedas)           234. To govern a multitude of people, it is better to be humane than arrogant, and better to be merciful than cruel. (N. Machiavelli)           28. Gratitude is the result of a high level of moral development. You will not find it among ill-mannered people. (S. Johnson)           138. Victories are prepared before battles begin.           95. The surest sign of truth is simplicity and clarity. A lie is always complex, pretentious, and verbose. (L. Tolstoy)           33. Two things make a man godlike: living for the good of society and truthfulness. (Pythagoras)           25. Life is not so short that people do not have time for politeness. (R. Emerson)           206. Change your opinions, keep your principles: change your leaves, keep your roots. (Victor Hugo)           174. God gave us relatives; thank God that we can choose our friends.           169. All my efforts have been aimed at reducing stupidity and increasing honesty in people. (Walter)           192. We are never so grateful for anything as for gratitude. (M. Ebner-Eschenbach)           103. An oath is a guarantee, useless with honest people and deceptive with others. (A. Decourcelle)           9. Better to learn late than never. (Aesop)           22. The reward for a good deed is its performance.           123. There is nothing more shameful than being useless to society and to oneself, and having the intelligence to do nothing.           124. He who fans the flames of strife and stirs up the firebrands should not complain if sparks fall in his face.           118. Reason is given to man so that he may live wisely, and not merely so that he may see that he lives foolishly. (V. Belinsky)           136. It is easier to say a new word than to reconcile words already spoken. (J. La Bruyère)           141. Hate the bad in a person, but love him. (L. Tolstoy)           151. Agriculture depletes the soil only when it is conducted unwisely, in a predatory manner. (S. A. Podolinsky)           76. And before consulting with whim, consult with your purse. (Benjamin Franklin)           105. Folly never crosses boundaries. Wherever it steps, there lies its territory. (E. Lets)           47. We are just when we are not self-interested! (B. Constant)           243. Cooperation, not competition, must be the motto of humanity if humanity is to survive. (Margrit Kennedy)           55. The fact that someone is worse than you does not make you better. (V. Borisov)           29. He who does not commit injustice is honorable; but more honorable is he who does not allow others to commit injustice. (Plato)           190. The better the means of communication, the further man is from man. (J. Kurek)           88. Laziness, like rust, corrodes faster than labor wears it out. (B. Franklin)           133. Success depends largely on the state of one's own spirit, on the firmness of one's intentions, and on the inflexibility of one's character.           213. Those whom medicines don't cure, nature cures.           102. For most people, conscience is nothing more than a fear of the opinions of others. (D. Taylor)           59. If you feel no love for others, sit quietly.           83. It is typical of a bad person to praise and criticize the same things. (Latin proverb)           189. We like other people's things better, others like ours. (Publius Syrus)           209. Before jumping to conclusions, make sure you're looking at things from the other side.           1. We have little faith in what we find unpleasant to believe. (Ovid)           149. There are countries that were once rich and were reduced to near-deserts, but such events were too clearly dependent on economic mismanagement. (S. A. Podolinsky)           89. The lazy are always planning to do something. (L. Vauvenargues)           62. Saying is not doing. (Publilius Syrus)           131. The ability to speak distinguishes people from the animal world; the ability to remain silent distinguishes man from the world of men. (G. Landau)           113. People are lonely because instead of bridges, they build walls. (NN)           31. Admit a wise man to a banquet, and he will immediately confuse everyone with sullen silence or inappropriate questions. (Erasmus of Rotterdam)           244. The greatest obstacle to transforming the monetary system is the fact that very few understand the problem, and even fewer know that a solution exists. (Margrit Kennedy)           51. All the world's problems arise from the fact that fools and fanatics are always overconfident, while intelligent people are full of doubts. (Bernard Russell)           75. A man who does not think about what may happen in the future will certainly soon encounter sorrows. (Confucius)           176. Time is money.           248. It is incorrect to call the planet Earth, since most of it is ocean, not land.           154. We have no right to consume happiness without producing it. (Bernard Shaw)           232. When there are too many helmsmen, the ship will be stranded. (A. Fayol)           46. Any skirmish with a deaf-mute, an idiot, or a teenager is fraught with anxiety, for you are responsible for it, but they are not. (Mishnah)           204. Flattery is the honey and seasoning in all communication between people. (Erasmus of Rotterdam)           167. Generosity consists not in giving a lot, but in giving at the right time. (J. La Bruyère)           208. No amount of reasoning can show a person a path he does not want to see. (R. Rolland)           21. All the fine feelings in the world weigh less than one good deed. (D. Lowell)           137. Wisdom has no need of violence.           161. People are born to help each other, as a hand helps a hand, a foot helps a foot, and the upper jaw helps the lower. (M. Aurelius)           217. One of the most astonishing misconceptions is the misconception that happiness lies in doing nothing.           182. Everyone can find freedom if only they know how to limit themselves and find themselves. (W. Goethe)           187. People could not live in society if they did not lead each other by the nose. (Laroche Foucault)           90. Anger is a momentary madness.           109. Only fools and the dead never change their minds. (D. Lowam)           126. He who does nothing himself loves to lecture others. (Mongolian proverb)           226. If the amount of energy conserved always corresponded to all the needs of all people, then, of course, there would be neither want nor distress on Earth. (S. A. Podolinsky)           97. Cunning is a sign of a narrow-minded mind. (F. La Rochefoucauld)           30. Mercy is preferable to justice.           61. Before you say something to others, say it to yourself.           139. What you sow in youth, you will reap in maturity. (G. Ibsen)           24. Remorse begins where impunity ends. (K. Helvetsky)           185. A recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a crisis is when you lose your job. (H. Truman)           225. In the day of prosperity, make use of the good, but in the day of adversity, reflect. (Ecclesiastes 7:14)           178. The invasion of armies can be resisted, but the invasion of ideas cannot be resisted.           74. A person who tries to change others is wasting his time if he has not started with himself. (I. Loyola)           165. He who wants to do something finds a means. He who does not want to do anything finds an excuse. (Arabic proverb)           223. If one or two kind words can make a person happy, one would have to be a scoundrel to deny them. (T. Penn)           79. Life is a comedy for him who thinks, and a tragedy for him who feels. (Epicurus)           242. The whole secret of business is to know something that no one else knows. (A. Onassis)           121. A special kind of slavery, both in society and in the family, is spiritual slavery, when the strong will of one paralyzes the will of another, turning them into unthinking stand-ins.           148. All information should be adapted to the perception of society.           35. The crime of the wicked is a temptation for many. (W. Feder)           116. A fool pursues pleasures and finds them; a wise man only avoids grief. (A. Schopenhauer)           233. A capable administrator will propose or carry out the transfer of personnel, changes in reporting, restructuring of the apparatus, etc. (V. I. Lenin)           122. Parents work, children enjoy life, grandchildren are beggars. (Japanese proverb)           38. He who does not punish evil contributes to its commission. (L. da Vinci)           114. Foolish people believe in luck, strong people in cause and effect. (R. Emerson)           162. With agreement, small things grow; without agreement, great things collapse. (Sallust)           180. Ideas can be neutralized only by ideas.           203. The effort a person makes to conceal their shortcomings is greater than the effort needed to get rid of them.           220. The fool seeks happiness afar; the wise man cultivates it close to him. (R. Oppenheim)           86. No one hurries others like the lazy: having indulged their laziness, they want to seem diligent. (F. La Rochefoucauld)           73. When too much energy is spent on promises, too little remains for fulfillment. (K. Simonov)           207. If weapons breed crime, then pencils breed grammatical errors.           17. What people call fate is, in essence, only the sum of their own stupid actions. (A. Schopenhauer)           111. A person who cannot sacrifice the personal for the sake of a greater goal will achieve nothing in life.           63. Language is our tool; when using it, we must take care that its springs do not creak. (A. Rivarol)           191. Trust given usually evokes loyalty in return. (T. Livy)           8. The only condition on which success depends is patience. (L. Tolstoy)           247. Nature knows no goals; it can only count results. (S. A. Podolinsky)           117. To err in nothing is a characteristic of the gods. (Demosthenes)           69. Brevity is the sister of wit. (A. Chekhov)           129. Whatever others think of you, do what you think is right. (Pythagoras)           101. If you are told, "My wealth was acquired through hard work," ask, "Whose?" (Don Marquis)           215. Carelessness is most often the source of misfortune. (P. Velleius)           240. Desire is the measure of value. (B. Gracian)           44. If you do a good deed with difficulty, the difficulty will pass, but the good will remain. But if you do a bad deed with pleasure, the pleasure will pass, but the bad will remain. (M. Lomonosov)           100. Wealth is the savings of many in the hands of one. (Y. Tuwim)           172. There are two incentives to work in the broad sense of the word: need, the sad necessity of working for a living, the curse of labor inflicted on the seed of Adam, condemned to eat their daily bread by the sweat of their brow. And there is another incentive: the thirst for interesting, enjoyable, exciting work—work that provides inner satisfaction. Such work "to the soul" is usually creative work in the broadest sense. (V. Vorovsky)